POLI 2051 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Superdelegate, Mitch Mcconnell, Secret Ballot
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Political participation: conventional: relatively routine, non-threatening behavior that uses the channels of representative government, unconventional: relatively uncommon behavior that challenges or defies government channels. Voting: the most common and most studied form of participation. Our record of enfranchisement: 15th amendment: enfranchisement of black people, 19th amendment: enfranchisement of women, 26th amendment: enfranchisement of 18 year olds, voting rights act of 1965: ended literacy tests. *why did government grant the right to vote to these groups at this time? to get them off the streets - blacks and 18 year olds to get support for government programs - women in wwi. Winning a majority of delegates to become your party"s nominee. Caucuses meetings of interested party members. Iowa caucuses example: precinct level: select delegates to go to the nest round (county level) in all 99. Parties hold their caucuses simultaneously, but they operate differently: nearly 1700 precincts in iowa, but some are combined so there will be around.
